nystagmus
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Etiology
- congenital
- acquired
Clinical manifestations
- ocular ataxia
- rhythmical involuntary oscillations of the eyeballs either pendular or jerky
- visual impairment
- difficulty visually fixating on environment objects
- reduced depth perception
- may impair balance & coordination
* video of horizontal jerk nystagmus[3]
More general terms
More specific terms
- gaze-evoked nystagmus; direction-changing nystagmus
- horizontal jerk nystagmus
- jerk nystagmus
- optokinetic nystagmus
- pendular nystagmus
- vertical nystagmus
- X-linked congenital nystagmus 1
Component of
References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 24th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1982
- ↑ Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed. Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 172
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wikipedia: Vertigp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertigo
- ↑ MedlinePlus: Nystagmus https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003037.htm
- ↑ Sekhon RK, Deibel JP Nystagmus Types NCBI Bookshelf. March 16, 2019 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK539711/